From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,2353cc2ebdf8fc4a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-04 17:37:02 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-01!supernews.com!207.217.77.43.MISMATCH!newsfeed1.earthlink.net!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!newsfeed0.news.atl.earthlink.net!news.atl.earthlink.net!news.mindspring.net!not-for-mail From: Richard Riehle Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: [OT] Gibson's vision of computer languages Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2002 17:43:23 -0800 Organization: AdaWorks Software Engineering Message-ID: <3C8422BB.D1D10625@adaworks.com> References: Reply-To: richard@adaworks.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 9e.fc.cc.eb Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Server-Date: 5 Mar 2002 01:36:15 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:20795 Date: 2002-03-05T01:36:15+00:00 List-Id: Larry Kilgallen wrote: > In article , Jano <402450@cepsz.unizar.es> writes: > > > "All of my programs are so small and so fast because I write only in the > > one, true, computer language: Assembly Language. All other languages > > reduce to assembly language, but they lose a lot in the translation. > > (Judge for yourself.)" > > Obviously he is a programming wimp, depending on a crutch like > assembly language. If he were a _real_ programmer he would be > using machine language - raw 1's and 0's like nature intended. > > And of course those programs should be entered in the only real > authentic method, toggling them in with switches on the front > panel. Brings back fond memories of the good old days when we could enter entire programs through the front panel switches. Richard Riehle